Union suit.



I. B. RICHARDS.

UNION sun.

APPLICATION TILED JUNE 1. 1908. Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

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V J. BRIGHARDS.

UNION SUIT.

APPLICATION rum) man 1, 190a.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

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erence being had to the accompanying drawmgs, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partofimprovements in union suits. made of woven front of the garment. These straight strips the union suit shown and described in Letsufihfitraigllgt and curved portions being JAMES E. RICHARDS, or DAYTON, oino, ASSiGNUR 'ro Y oonmny.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 1, 1906. Serial m. Basso.

T 0 all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, JAMES E. Rioinmns', citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Union Suits; and I do enact description or the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertams to make and use the same, refthis specification.

This invention relates to new and useful fabric as distinct from knitted garments, and COIUPHSGS, certain specific improvements of ters PatentNo. 887,346, granted to myself May 12, 1908.

The present im rovements comprise means for more efi'ectua ly maintaining the pocket crotch closedv while the garment is on the person of the wearer, thereby eliminating any possibility of the crotch pocket opening and permittin r the outer arment to come in contact with t 1e person oi the wearer.

' Besidesthe foregoing object, a further object of the invention is to provide means for preventing any sagginq' or hanging of the garment at the front. 0 t-hejcrot'ch; in other words, to provide means which enable the garment at the crotch to fit with a degree of snugness which prevents the pocket: in the crotch from eit-her'sa ging at the front of the garment, or binding 51c person at the crotch. These results, to-wit-.-the maintaining of the crotch pocket closed while the garment is on V the 'wearer, and preventing the overlapped flaps of the crotch from sagging or gathering in the front of the garment are brought about by uniting the front of the garment on each side of the o ening to two straight stri s which form the hems qna-eachtside of t ie are united to curved; edges of the arment in the frongof the l,eg po rti'ons an owing .to

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{To t qf jh egarhlent adjacent, to, the c'gotc 't-ural pocket effect 1s creinsthelpocket in theficrotch 'f ing. crotch "flaps. Owing to these straight and curved edges or portions being united, the straight portions is a detail view back has across seam 4 or strips being naturally shorter than the curved edges to which they are united are drawn inwardly at the crotch by the curved portions of the legs, and thus iven a permanent inward turn at the crotc Preceding a more. detailed description of the invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, of which- I Figure 1 is a'front elevation of a union suit made in accordance with my improvements, the same being shown, thrown 0 wit to illustrate the points involved in. 1 1e improve- Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

. REISSUED ments. Fig. 2, is a detail view of a portion of the front of the garment on one side of the opening showing thestraight edge joining a curved edge. at the upper portion of a leg immediately at the front of the crotch. Fig. 3, of one of-the straight strips forming the hem on the front of the garment on each side of the opening. Figs. 4 and 5, show the parts shown in l igs. 2 and 3 united. Fig. 6, represents a pattern of the pants leg portion. Fig. 7 is a pattern of one of the crotch flaps.

In a' detail description of the invention, similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts.-

The patterns shown in Figs. .6 and 7, as.

well as the garment shown in Fig. 1, minus the features shown in Figs. 2 3 4 and 5, are common to the garment as it is shown and described in my former patent.. The 'body portion 1 and the leg portions 2 of the gar-. mentare made of a woven fabric.- front of the garment the body and le portions are of one continuous piece on eac side extendin from the neck openingyii to the lower ends of the legs.

which unites the leg portions 2 to the body portion in the back. [he crotchfiaps 5 are united at their upper horizontal edges one overthe other alon the,

back seam 4. Along the inner edges 0 the crotch flapsj they are united to the bod and I leg portions along the seams 6, and the ower ends of said. crotchflaps 5 are carried upwardin the front of the garment, overlap- .ping'cach other, and are united to the lower 11 of the seam strip 7 is united by aseam,

and owing to the straight and curved edges The garment in the' t rose straight go In the of the strip 7 on each side of the opening in I manner lu-rcinhcl'ore set forth.

the front of the gnrincnt, given an inward 'cur\' e:'at the crotch which forms a natural pocket cllect and serves" to maintain the pocket ilnps of the crotch in rl'ieircl-oscd or overlapped positions. at all tunes when the garment isonthcpers'oii of thewcarer;

ln Figs. 4' and .3, thc scgnn str p 7 is shown united mt he straight and curved cdgcs 9 and I claim: 1

As a new article of manufacture, a union suit comprising pants and body ortions onstructfed of woven fabric, an two crotch flaps united at their upper edges to the back portion of the garment by a transverse seam. and to the bodyond leg portions of the garment. by longitudinalecsune, said flap porit) of the body and legs of the garmentend it is thcrc clearly illustrated how the uniting] ul' thcsc two cdgcs uusc the scam strip 1 to mkc an inward curve in the front of the (1'1 it ch whcrc'il joins the front or lower ends 11 of the crotch flaps the crotch flaps to the lowcr end S 0f the scam strip 7 is shown at ll, and it will lie. there such that thc curred end of the scam Z tions overlapping each other and form-inge pocket in the crotch ol' the garment, two straight front seam st-rips united to the front of the may 'and pants portions of the gari went along the straight and curved edges of 3 said body and pants portions, the portiomof i said straightsemn strips which are united to In Fig. 5, thc seam: 'which unites the from or lower 0nd of one of the curved edges of t 1e garment being exstrip 7 which is due toils hcing united to the currcd edge of the body portion end lcg portion of the garment, unites with the crotch made in accordance with the pattern shown in Fig. .7 and unitcd to the garment in the The seam strips 7 are provided wil h eyelets 12 and butions 13 h mcnmof which the front of the gnrnicnt is closed.

llaps and adapted to cooperate with the crotch flaps in forming the crotch pocket,

said crotch pocket being maintained in a, closed pos tion owing to the straight seam. strips heing un tcd at their lower ends to the curved edges of the pants portions ofthe garllnps inprrn'iding the crotch pocket formed 'hy the m'crlnpping of thmtwo crotch flaps j nient,snhstantially as specified.

in testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES E. RICHARDS.

'itncsses:

1%. J. MCCART, MA'r'rnEw STEBLER. 

